SINGAPORE - Bank lending rose 5.9 per cent year on year in July, slowing from June's 7.6 per cent growth, which was the fastest in more than two years as both business and consumer loans improved. Loans were also higher for the 10th straight month ... ( read original story ...)
Citi MaxiGain Savings Account – Is It Worth Signing Up For?
Citibank Singapore is offering a savings account with higher interest that differs from your other “higher interest” savings / current accounts like the OCBC 360 or the UOB Account. You don’t have to credit your salary or spend a certain sum in your ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon: Road closures earn runners’ applause
Local runners are cheering news that more than 90 per cent of this year's route for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) will enjoy full road closures. The move, announced by race organiser Ironman Asia yesterday, will take the SCSM closer to ... ( read original story ...)
More full road closures at this year’s StanChart marathon
SINGAPORE — For the first time, over 90 per cent of this year’s Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) routes will see full road closures to align with worldwide major marathon standards and offer a better car-free experience to runners ... ( read original story ...)
1 in 6 sexual assault cases involved use of technology
SINGAPORE — Nearly one-sixth of the 338 sexual assault cases seen by the Association of Women for Action and Research’s (Aware) drop-in centre last year involved the use of technology, the group said. Aware also called for better protection for victims ... ( read original story ...)
Taxing gridlock: Vancouver looks to Singapore, Stockholm for congestion fix
With technology shifting by the second ... other cities focus on wider zones. Singapore — a city that pioneered traffic taming — is now experimenting with a per-kilometre charge using a GPS tracking device to monitor distance, zone and time of day. ( read original story ...)
Finnish-initiated Women in Tech, Singapore returns
The initiative, which is held in association with SWITCH week (Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology), was launched in 2016 and will now be taken to the next level in this pivotal centenary year of Finland. A big delegation representing 100 Finnish ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai-bye! Qantas ditches UAE stopovers in favour of Singapore as airline announces direct Sydney to London flights by 2022
Qantas flights out of Australia will no longer stop in Dubai, with the daily Sydney to London route going via Singapore instead. With Melbourne to London flights already flying via Perth and then non-stop to Europe, the March 2018 move means passengers ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Wins Qantas Stopovers After Airline Dumps Dubai
Singapore notched up a victory over rival aviation hub Dubai as Qantas Airways Ltd. rerouted its classic Kangaroo Route to the U.K. through Asia. With travel demand surging in Asia, Australia’s national carrier will fly from Sydney to London through ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore focus on critical infrastructures essential to public safety
Singapore's emphasis on the security of its critical infrastructures ... In recent years, such networks had advanced alongside improvement in LTE coverage. Citing ABI Research, Sandeep Girotra, Nokia's Asia-Pacific Japan senior vice president, said LTE ... ( read original story ...)
This High-Yield Singapore ETF Is Attractively Priced
While Brazil is suffering from extreme corruption, Singapore is ranked as one of the least corrupt countries in the world, on par with Scandinavian countries. While exports make up a small portion of Brazil's economy, exports are a huge part of Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)
Export recovery to boost GDP growth above 3%
SINGAPORE: Electronics exports and re-export trade appear to be strengthening. This year might see stellar exports driving Singapore’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth above 3%. Analysts at Maybank Kim Eng said exports and trade continue to drive the ... ( read original story ...)
Hurricane Harvey shuts down LPG exports to Asia by the US
Marine export terminals operated by Enterprise Products Partners ... “Affected buyers will seek cargoes from elsewhere,” said Ong Han Wee, a consultant with FGE in Singapore. “The prices jumped last Friday in Asia, just before or when the hurricane ... ( read original story ...)
Harvey’s Winds and Rain Shut Down U.S. LPG Exports to Asia
“Affected buyers will seek cargoes from elsewhere,” said Ong Han Wee, a consultant with FGE in Singapore. “The prices jumped last ... Asia LPG Prices Get Boost From Harvey as U.S. Exports Shut In Northeast Asia propane swaps for September traded ... ( read original story ...)
Export growth gathers pace
Earnings from transport equipment increased by nearly sevenfold to $ 54 million compared to the corresponding month in 2016, owing to the export of two ships to Singapore. In addition, high export earnings from food and beverages, rubber products and ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporean Firm Fined for Violating Sanctions
Between on or about October 7, 2011 to on or about February 20, 2013, COSL Singapore appears to have violated §§ 560.203 and 560.204 of the ITSR when, through its subsidiary companies, it exported or attempted to export 55 orders of oil rig supplies from ... ( read original story ...)